Elliott earns first Cup victory; runs out of fuel at finish

With his famous father, Hall of Famer Bill Elliott spotting from above, Chase maintained his slim advantage as Truex tried to find a way by. It was a two-car race as the rest of the field was more than 11 seconds back.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Elliott (9) a victor for the first time in NASCAR'S Top series at Watkins Glen.

Truex ran second to Elliott for most of the final stage before beginning a steady close.

Elliott's first win came in his 99th start. Elliott pulled out to a half-second lead while Truex was fighting to get back to the front after a restart mired him in 12th.

Hamlin is mired in ninth in the standings, almost 300 points behind Busch, and has been consistently running just outside the top 10.

Moments later, Joey Logano slid off course on lap two and dropped to the rear of the field, then headed to the garage with a broken radiator, his day done. He beat AJ Allmendinger by 3.3 seconds. The first caution of the race came out on lap three as #10 Aric Almirola was sent spinning coming out of turn seven. Busch was the early race favorite and led 31 laps before giving up the lead to Elliott.

Hamlin, Elliott and Erik Jones pitted on lap 17 as teams revealed their strategies while Busch, who dominated the segment, and Truex stayed on track. "So thrilled, so emotional, so much relief, you know, working on three years hadn't won one".

The NASCAR Cup Series is racing at Watkins Glen. It occurred on an afternoon where he led a race-high 52 laps and won Stage 2 - his third consecutive race with a stage win.

Hamlin traversed the 2.45-mile layout at 125.534 miles per hour on Saturday to take the top spot in the No. 11 Toyota, just ahead of Busch.

Mired in a confounding losing streak since the start of his NASCAR Cup career in 2016, Chase Elliott finally broke into the win column Sunday, holding off road course ace Martin Truex Jr.to win the Go Bowling at the Glen event at Watkins Glen. Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson wound up using his vehicle to push Elliott to his first victory celebration.

Racing announced Saturday afternoon that the NASCAR Hall of Famer would race in the August 26 Xfinity Series race at Road America. NASCAR returns to the Irish Hills of Michigan next weekend for the Consumer's Energy 400, at Michigan International Speedway.

Comments

Latest Posts

Want to see the Perseid Meteor shower?
Experts say we don't need anything special to watch the show, just clear skies and a location away from bright lights. As the Earth spins around the sun it passes through the trail of space dust and debris from the comet Swit-Tuttle .

Google Pixel 3 XL live pictures and unboxing video emerge
According to screenshots, this is the Google Pixel 3 XL , and it runs an Adreno 630 GPU in a Qualcomm Snapdragon system-on-chip. The display - no size listed - has a resolution of 1440×2960 (shakes fist at notch) with a pixel density of 494pixels per inch.

Argentine Senate rejects historic abortion law
Currently, it is only possible if the fetus is deformed, the woman has been raped or if the woman's life is in danger. Many demonstrators braved a heavy rain and the cold of the Argentine winter waiting outside the Congress building.

Ben Schwartz is the new voice of Sonic The Hedgehog
The film is set to be directed by Jeff Fowler, who previously worked on the Oscar-nominated Gopher Broke . And now he's getting his own movie, and the actor who will voice the speedy, blue hero has been revealed.

Red Dead Redemption 2's first gameplay trailer has arrived
The " Official Gameplay Video " shows off portions of the game but also has a narrator that gives context to what is being shown. The first look at gameplay in the highly-anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2 has finally been provided by Rockstar Games .

Margot Kidder's Death Ruled Suicidal Overdose
As it was previously reported, the police discovered Margot passed away on the 13th of May in her home in Livingston. In 1996, she was briefly homeless during her struggle and she became a very public advocate for mental health.

Blizzard Has ‘Multiple Diablo Projects’ in the Works
Blizzard has been hiring new employees for their " Unannounced Diablo Project " for more than two years now. Blizzard Community Manager Brandy Camel took over the official Diablo Twitter account to deliver the news.

Ruby Rose Calls Batwoman Casting ‘A Childhood Dream’
It also, Rose noted, will allow her to continue her charity work of visiting children in hospitals with a whole new persona. CW's Kate Kane, with Ruby Rose , will be DC's first LGBTQ character to make an on-screen debut and not be straight-washed.

Tribune pulls plug on $3.9B buyout by Sinclair
Complicating matters is that Pai is under investigation for relaxing FCC rules to allow groups like Sinclair to add more stations. "The complaint seeks compensation for all losses incurred as a result of Sinclair's material breaches of the merger agreement ".